Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, April 30, 1914, Image 1
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Established in 1891.
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SUMMARY OF W1
IN THE TROUBI
Thursday.
Information reached Washington
that the Constitutionalists
rand lluertistas at Tampico had
united to oppose American operations.
Nelson O'Shaughnessy, American
charge, left Mexico City for i
Vera Cruz by special train.
Gen. Gustavo Maas, former
Mexican commander at Vera
Cruz, reported to be moving
against that city with strong reinforcements
from Puebla.
Four thousand Mexicans enlisted
at a secret recruiting station
at San Diego, Cal., for service
below the border.
The torpedo boat destroyer flotilla
arrived at Tampico.
Plans were made for the seizure
at an early date of the railroad
from Vera Cruz to Mexico
k City.
Navy department issued state-1
ment showing that 05 battleships |
f and 29,473 men were ready for
ur> nffoptf nn Mpyirn
Friday.
First army movement in the
Mexican Crisis was the departure
from Galveston for Vera
Cruz of ltOOOO soldiers forming
the Fifth brigade of the First
division.
A refugee train carrying 150
Americans, 100 Germans and
flOO Spaniards arrived at Vera
Cruz from Mexico City.
Orders to hold up all shipments
of arms across the Mexican border
were sent by the treasury
department to all collectors of
customs.
Mobs in Mexico City trampled
under foot the American Hag and
threatened American residents of
the city.
Saturday.
Nuevo Laredo, a Mexican city
just across the border from Laredo,
Texas, was dynamited and
burned by Mexican Federal soldiers.
Two Mexicans were killed
in a skirmish between American
and Mexican Federals.
American marines occupied a
radius of five miles around the
city of Vera Cruz, in which normal
conditions had been virtually
restored.
One hundred and twenty-six
Mexicans had been killed since;
the Americans landed at Vera
Cruz. Americans dead, 17.
Information from Vera Cruz to
the effect that seven Americans ;
were held prisoners at Cordoba, |
and that four of the number
were threatened with execution, j
Francisco Villa, Rebel leader,
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the United States.
Nelson O'Shaughnessy, with
his family arrived safely at Vera
Cruz from Mexico City.
Sunday.
Administration receives and ac-1
cepts proposal of Chile, lira'/.il I
and Argentina to mediate for a
settl ementof American and Mexican
differences.
Admiral Fletcher issued orders
that every man found carrying
arms in Vera Cruz shall he shot.
More than 100 American women
and children taken from
train by Mexican Federal soldiers
between Mexico City and Vera
Cruz and their fate unknown.
Americans at interior points in
great danger.
Vera Cruz newspaper prints a
despatch from Mexico City, telling
of the execution there of four
Americans.
Citizens of Arizona appeal to
war department for immediate
despatch of soldiers to the Arizona
border.
Engineering officer goes from
.^Washington to Vera Cruz to direct
work for intended advance
on Mexico City.
Huerta refuses all protection
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io Americans, allowing wnoiesaie
looting at Cordoba.
Three American railroad men
^ reported executed at Boledad, a
station on the Mexican railway.
War department has ready a
eall for volunteers, including the
National Guard, to be completed
t as soon as the number of men is
determined and the document is
signed by the president.
Zapata, a new Rebel chieftain,
reported at Chapultepec with 20,000
solei<3rs ready to fight the
United States.
Monday.
Spanish Ambassador Riano announced
In Washington that he
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had received advices that Gen.
Hucrta would accept the ofTer of
Chile, Brazil an<l Argentina to
use their good offices to bring
about a settlement of the Mexican
troubles.
An outpost of Mexican Federals
eight miles from Vera Cruz
refused to permit the repairing
of the telegraph lino from Vera
Cruz to Mexico city. The line
was repaired Sunday night. however.
Reports stated that the west
coast of Mexico whs quiet.
After having, apparently, exhausted
every other means of
keeping order. Admiral Fletcher
declared the city of Vera Cruz
under martial law.
Reports from the Mexican border
were encouraging-, no antiAmerican
demonstrations having
been shown in the territory
occupied by the Rebels.
Secretary Garrison will not reveal
the orders to the troops en
route to Vera Cruz until their
arrival in the city.
Admiral Badger issued instructions
that all American
non-combatants leave the city of
Vera Cruz by steamers then in
the harbor.
Tuesday.
The tenseness of the Mexican
situation was distinctly relieved
Monday when the representatives
of Argentina, Chile and
Brazil, supported by the foremost
powers of Europe, concentrated
their efforts toward a pacific adjustment
of the crisis.
Huerta was reported as ready
to accept the tender of good offices
and was drafting a formal
acceptance.
The American Hag was raised
in Vera Cruz at 4 o'clock Monday
afternoon with formal ceremonies.
Order prevailed in the
city throughout the day.
The note of peace sounded in
the mediation negotiations proposed
by the South American
powers did not interfere with
the preparations in Washington
to send additional troops to
Mexico.
A refugee train which reached
Vera Cruz early Monday carried
many British. German and
French residents, but only five
Americans.
Clement Declared Guilty.
After having been out less
than two hours the jury in the
case of Clyde C. Clement and
Miss Fleda Pendleton, who had
been on trial at Spartanburg
since late last week for the
drowning of a baby, Monday
night found Clement guilty of
murder with a recommendation
io ine mercy ot the court. Miss
Pendletoti was found not guilty.
A recommendation to mercy in
this State means a sentence to
life imprisonment.
The baby, alleged to have been
the daughter of the two defendants.
was found in a millpond
January el. Kach of the
defendants accused the other of
having thrown the child into
the pond the night before from
a bridge. They admitted having
gone to the bridge together with
the baby but each professed
ignorance of the intention o^ the
other.
Loans on Real Estate.
Announcement comes from
Washington that all national
banks, members of the new
financial system, may legally
make loans secured by real
> estate, provided such real estate
security is improved farm land
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The property must be located
in the same Federal reserve district
as the bank making the
loan; the loan must not exceed
50 per cent of the actual value
of the property and be for s
period not longer than five years.
Death or an Infant.
Leonidas, the infant son ol
Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Spratt. whose
illness of pneumonia was notec
in The Times of last Thursday,
died at the home of its parents ir
Spratlville Wednesday afternoor
at 4 ::t0 o'clock. The little one wai
buried in the family plot in Nev
Unity cemetery Thursday ai
noon after services at the home
by Rev. W. A. Hafner.
Fori
. FORT MILL
I LOCAL DEMOCRATS READY I
FOR COMING CAMPAIGN
The Fort Mill Democratic club
! met Saturday afternoon at 4 o'- t
clock in the town hall for the I
purpose of electing officers for 1
the ensuing two years and dele- 5;
pates to the approaching county ]
convention. The meeting was t
called to order by .1. II. Sutton (
and an election of officers was ^
entered into resulting as follows: j
President, S. II. Fpps, Sr.. sec- (
retary-treasurer. S. W. Parks; ^
vice president. .1. H. Sutton. T. '
| S. Kirkpatriek, C. P. Blankenship
and J. H. Sutton were ap- ! i
pointed a nominating committee (
to recommend delegates and al- ,
! ternates to the county convention
| and reported as follows, the elec- j
tion being by ballot: <
Delegatos Alternates j
P. (i. Kimbrell F. Nims I *
Joe Lee Boyoe Bennett i 1
I William White Sam White ' J
' .1. L. Kimhrell Dallas, Kimbrell j
Murray Mark Ira (i Sniythe i .
Itob't Harris Thus. I.ytle
B. C. Ferguson It. L. McKibben I
W. Lee Hall C. S. Link ]
1 A. A. Bradford .1. H. Patterson |
, S. W. Parks J. Lee Spratt i
J. It. Haile W. H. Jones
' J. H. Sutton A. C. Sutton I :
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rence sang in a most effective
manner "The Jacket of Gray."
M iss Mary Williams, third vice
i president of the State organizaI
tion then introduced the State
president. Miss Alice If. Earle,
who delivered an address. Her
| theme was co-operation.
Nr. Hamilton a Candidate.
. Of interest to many people in
this section is the announcement,
made through the Char'
lotte Chronicle Monday, that
Prof. Jackson Hamilton, princi?
pal of the Pineville school, will
1 make the race for county super'
intendent of education for;
Mecklenburg county. Prof.
Hamilton has not yet formally
F announced his candidacy, but it
* is stated that he and his friends
i are actively engaged in working
, in his behalf.
i Prof. Hamilton is one of the
t best known educators in this
* section. He has taught in a
r number of the best schools in
t this section, including the Gold
i Hill school, and his success as a
teacher is well known.
... i . im'iiih'i i iH'ii iNivcns 1
W. (). Huiles .James Garrison ]
C. I'. Biankenship W. I). Therrell | .
W. H. Windle . S. L. Coltharp |
S. H. Epps, Sr. J. G. Smith
J. M. Armstrong Leo Armstrong 1 t
For member of the York county
Democratic executive committee,
C. P. Blankenship was elected.
S. H. Epps, Sr.. was recommended
as a delegate to the State
convention. The meeting ad- j
journed without .instructions to
members to the county convention.
Of the f>0 or more present,
administration men were largely j 1
in the majority. j |
District Meet of the U. D. C. i
Fort Mill was given over
Thursday to the entertainment i
of delegates representing the '
several chapters constituting the 1
Iiidge District of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy.
Delegates from the 12 chapters <
Degan to arrive Wednesday night I<
and were entertained in the'
homes of the members of the
local chapter.
The delegates with a number
of out-of-town members paid a
visit to Confederate Park in the '<
morning for an inspection of the
monuments there. Later they
were given a reception in the 1
Masonic hall. At 1 o'clock the
assemblage was ushered into the
armory where a five-course lunch
eon was served by the local
chapter.
The business session was called
to order at 2 o'clock and opened '
with prayer, which was followed
by an address of welcome to the
town by Mayor A. R. McElhaney.
A speech of welcome on behalf
of the Sons of Veterans was delivered
by W. R. Ardrey. which
was followed by one on behalf'
of the Daughters of the American
Revolution delivered bv Mrs.
Mary Mack Ardrey. Mrs. Nan!
Thornwell Roach of Rock Hill, a
member of Florence Thornwell
, Chapter, welcomed the visitors
on behalf of the local chapter.
Answering these speeches of
welcome. Miss Agnes Bryan of
Winthrop College, respopded for
for the district in a charming
and well-delivered speech, following
which Miss Blanche Law
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5arris0n, "pug-nosed
yankee," says blease
Before an audience of 2.000 on
he court house lawn at Spartan>urg
Thursday night, Gov< rnor
31ease i!i a speech denounced
secretary Garrison as a "little
>ug-nosed Yankee." and de-1
lared he would never conin uni-'
ate with him again until Mr.
jarrison admitted he had treated I
lim discourteously. The Gov-!
rr.nr also paid his respects to j
Mcrotary Daniels, saying he had
proven him a "liar."
Mr. Blease denied strongly,
however, that lie was lighting
he National Administration at
Washington.
The crowd hogged Governor
Blease to name his choice for his
successor. The Governor dedined
to do so. but appealed to
lis hearers to elect a Bleasite.
So far as issues were concerned,
Mr. Blease paid especial attention
:o the proposed medical inspection
of school children, comoulsory
education and the moveiient
to restrict, the use of the
ballot in primary elections. He
strongly opposed all three proposals.
He advocated the Fortner
hill to keep white teachers
nit of negro schools.
The crowd vigorously cheered
:he Governor.
New System of Cotton Culture.
A onm ooctnultnw/*
rv lit? ^Yoit iu \/i tuituii tiutui u,
which lessens the danger of injury
from the boll weevil, has
been developed by the Bureau of
Plant Industry which is In charge
of cotton breeding. By the system
it has been made possible
to control the formation of the
branches and to shorten the
season required for the setting of
the crop.
The formation of the branches
is controlled by an improved
method of thinning. By leaving
the plants closer together during
the early stages the production
of vegetative branches is avoided
and larger numbers of bolls are
developed on the lower fruiting
branches of the main stalk of the
plant. The method of later and
more gradual thinning makes it
possibe to leave more plants in
the rows than is now customary,
and yet injurious crowding is
avoided because the vegetative
branches are suppressed, instead
of being allowed to grow up
and smother the lower fruiting
nvonnVinc urlmra norlir flrvu'Prc
and bolls are produced.
Earlier planting is a means of
securing larger yields in regions
where the period of crop production
is limited either by short
seasons or by the presence of the
boll weevil. (Ireatly increased
yields have been secured in this,
even as high as 50 per cent.
The Rureau of Plant Industry
will supply free to cotton growers
on application it* circular
which describes this new system.
Election of Teachers Completed.
In a meeting Friday evening
of the trustees of the Fort Mill
schools, teachers for the intermediate
and higher grades of
the school were elected, completing
the corps of teachers for
the 1011-15 term. The board
also found it necessary to elect a
teacher for the third grade, the
place having been made vacant
by the resignation of Mrs. J. N.
Atwater, who has accepted a
position in the industrial school
at Spartanburg. The names of
the newly elected teachers will
not be announced until acceptance
from each has been re
ceived by the board.
VV. B. Meacham, secretary of
the hoard, made report, after
investigation by him, that the
financial affairs of the school
were in better shape than had
been reported, and that when
certain corrections had been
made the finances would be in
very good condition.
An effort has been made by
certain patrons to have the
board add the eleventh grade,
but no action was taken in this
matter.
Our Population.
Continental United States now
has a population of more than
98.000,000 people, while the
country with its possessions is
peopled with more than 109,000,000
persons, the census bureau
announced Monday.
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HOMES OF
Hi'sidi'nrc of ('. S.
Burglarized a Store.
Entering the front door through
an opening made by shattering
a large plate glass, thieves Monday
night burglarized the store
of the Parks Drug company,
corner of Main and Confederate
streets. That the store was
entered sometime between midnight
and morning, is known
from the fact that an employee
of the firm had occasion to enter
the house shortly after 11 o'clock
Monday night and at that timel
| everything inside remained as it
was at the close of the day's
business. The thieves opened
the cash register and from this
secured about two dollars in
small change. An attempt to
open the safe in the rear of the)
building was made, but in this!
the burglars were unsuccessful.
A number of tools were taken
from a nearby drawer and with
these the combination dial on the
safe was twisted and battered
in such a manner that the lock
refused to work when tried
Tuesday morning by employees
of the store. It is believed that
the parties who committed the
crime are Fort Mill people, since,
it is pointed out, that a stranger
would not have known where to
find the tools with which the1
safe was attacked. There is.
however, no clue as to the'
thieves up to this time.
Mr. Oldham's Mother Dead.
Fort Mill friends of Mr. and
Mrs. .lesse M. Oldham, of Cliar;
lotte, will regret to learn of the
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I Mrs. T. ?I. Oldham, which ocI
curred Sunday night at her home
I near Mebane, N. C. She was
I 72 years of age and, although
I she had been an invalid for
several years, her condition did
not become acute until a few
days before her death.
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Shepherd Plaids.
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Health Board Assumes Duty.
The newly appointed local
board of health the last week
assumed its duties after organization
by the election of Dr.
.1. H. Klliott as president and
Dr. A. Theo. Neely as secrrtary.
Several sanitary rules were
adopted and submitted to council
which enacted same into
ordinances and ordered them
published in The Times. These
ordinances appear in another
column of this issue of the
paper. The members of the new
board are active and aggressive,
and it is the belief that the sanitary
condition of the town will
be greatly improved under their
direction.
Hog Attacks Child.
A horrible accident occurred
about ten days ago in the Bethany
section of York county, when
.lames Mack and his wife loft
their three-months-old child in
their home and went to a nearby
field to work. While the
parents were away, a hog pushed
the door open and went in the
house, pulling the baby from the
bed and chewing both hands oil*
and one arm to the elbow. A
passerby heard the screams and
rushed to the rescue of the child.
At last reports the child was in a
very serious condition.
For Raising War Revenue.
Administration leaders have
already laid plans for raising
war revenue in case the army
has to go to Mexico. The first
measure planned would impose
a stamp tax on checks and legal
documents similar to that invoked
timing the Spanish war;
would tax sweet wine and j
rectified brandies and probably
beer. According to the estimate
this measure would net the
treasury about $1U>.000,000 a
year.
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excellent values in Ready-to-w
AIN P rices. Make your selcc
re someone else beats you to tl
id Misses' Hous<
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51, $1.25, $1.50, $1.75 and $2.
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ere in Children's Dresses in Gi
>t fade, prices only 25c, 50c. 65
tment of Boys' Wash Suits, a
and $1.50.
Ladies7 Skirts
dock of Ladies' Skirts been mo
you may want, in either Serge
>f blue, also many beautifully
Petticoats.
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ngham and Sateen Petticoats a
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lieutenant ;cov, i nor litis suntntor.
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Lancaster*county woman has
been lined ten dollars for alleged
false statements concerning: tlie
ago of a child whom she was puttiny:
to work in a cotton mill.
The Spartanburg Herald has
raised a considerable fund for the
defense of Fleda Pendleton, the
young woman jointly charged
with ('Iviln <' ('lomont tho
murder of their infant.
The encampment of the Southern
militia, which was to have
been held at Charleston, will be
held at Atlanta, it is reported.
At the request of Mayor Barringer,
of Florence. Surgeon
General Blue has issued an order
detailing one of the experts of
the public health service to conduct
a medical inspection in that
city for treachoma. tuberculosis,
tonsilitis and adenoids.
William 11. Townsend of the
Columbia bar has been appointed
State reporter by the supreme
court for a term of four years.
He will assume his duties May I.
V. B. Cheshire, of Anderson,
announces that he has decided
not to make the race for Congress
from the Third district.
Upholding the board of trustees
and the county and State
boards of education, the supreme
court of South Carolina has rendered
a decision that three children
of Marlboro, described as
not being of pure Caucasian
blood, should not be allowed to
attend the white school of
Dalcho district.
Card of Thanks.
In behalf of Florence Thornwell
chapter, U. 1). C., 1 wish to
thank the citi'/.ens of Fort Mill
who so liberally and enthusiastic1
1 ir ooolot/^/l !%> K?
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of the Iiidge District conference.
Mrs. R. F. Grier,
President.
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